TABLE 1.

Socio-environmental characteristics of study population, Chandigarh, 2006

Parameters	Urban %	Rural %	Slum %	P value
Occupationa	N = 2199	N = 393	N = 923
Unemployed	6.4	13.2	4.6	<.001
Workers	51.7	63.9	83.5	<.001
Clerics and sales persons	30.8	18.6	10.7	<.001
Professionals and managers	11.1	4.3	1.2	<.001
Educationb	N = 2778	N = 546	N = 1488
Illiterate	4.6	19.4	34.7	<.001
Below Primary	14.6	25.9	40.9	<.001
Primary to secondary	37.8	45.7	23.5	<.001
Graduate and above	43.0	9.0	0.9	<.001
Water and Sanitation	N = 720	N = 120	N = 360
Tap water supply	100.0	100.0	99.0	.07
Sewerage system	98.0	92.5	33.4	<.001
Below Poverty Line familiesc	2.3	4.4	7.2	.001

^aConstitute population more than 18 years

^bConstitute population more than 7 years

^cPer capita expenditure on consumption goods below U.S.$ 15 per month